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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-02-10
Order of Publication.

In the Circuit Court of Iron County
Mo-, in vacation, February 9Th, laa7:
Henrietta Divel, plaintiff,
Charles kOhlhage. Robert Koblhaoe
Frank hohlhage, Emma Kohlhaee. Ju.
liza kChlhage. and frederick kohlhare
minor heirs of Frederick Kohlhaee. de-
ceased, and j. L. Axe, guardian of the
estate of said minors, defendants,
EartitlOnl
no" at TINS day comes the plaintiff, by
attorney, ana files her petition. and atfi-
davit, setting forth that the defendants
Charles kohlhage. Robert Kohlhaue and
Frank hohlhage are nOn-reSidentS of the
State OF Missouri, and cannot be sum
moned In this action blythe ordinary pro-
cess of law:
e Is; therefore, ordered BY the UNDER
signed CLERK OF the Circuit COURT Of Iron
county, IN the State OF Missouri. that
publiration be made notifying saidGefend-
ants that an action has been commences
against them in said court with the aforc-
SAID other defendants. the object and oen-
eral nature of which is to obtain a decree
OF partition of the following described
real estate, to wit: Lots five 81 and six
w In Block nineteen (l9) in the Town of
Pilot Knob. Iron county, Missouri, as
the same are represented Oh the plat of
sag fo.4n ~ RECORD IL the ONCE OF the re-
ecorder of said county: and that unless they
be and appear at the next term of said court
TO be holden at the courthouse in the CITY
OF ironton. within and for the County of
Iron, State of Missouri, on the Fourth
Monday in April next. QSS7), aud on or
kFl2Fe t:,,a sixth day thereon, III the tenn.
snail so long continue; and, if not, then
oeiofe the end of the term), and plead
to said plaintiffs petition the same will
pc taken against them as confessed and
Judgment rendered accordingly.
1t Is further ordered that a copy hereof
be published according to law in the Iron
COUNTY REGISTER, a weekly newspaper
pgblished in said County of Iron, state
81 Missouri.
jos. HUFF, Clerk.
"A true copy:
Attest with seal this 9Th dav of
[sEAL.1 Feb'y. A. ID. 1887.
jos. HUFF, Clerk
Circuit Court Iron County.
J. B. Walker. atty for plaintiff.
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part of lot number one 1) in Block
II" fronting one hundred and ninety
three feet on Walnut street, and rum
ming back on College street ninety-nine
feet; also the north halt of lot number
two ~ in the northwest quarter of sec
ton seven in township number thirty
three 1881 north of range four (4) east,
containing forty-nine and 9O-1O0 acres;
also, all of lot number three 90, in
block II" of Harris Addition to the
old town of Arcadia also, so much of
lot number two (2) i'm block "I' of Har-
ris' Addition to the old town of Area
dia, as has not been heretofore con-
veyed by said Harris and wife by deed
to one Caroline Lawson, with the Ar
cadia Hotel property. it being the same
lot and part of lot conveyed to Helen
y. Robertson by z. J. Harris and wife
by deed and bearing date the 7th day
of August, 1871, and recorded in book
IL" page 46 of the record of deeds OF
Iron county, Missouri; also, the lot
known as the Spring Lot and there
by also sold, assigned, transferred and
delivered unto the said ] w Wallace and
Wm r. Donaldson, trustees as aforesaid,
the following described personal prop
erty; viz: six extension tables and
seven other tables, eighteen bureaus,
twenty-eight wash-stands, thirty-fiye
bedsteads, one hundred and siXty-one
chairs, including rockers, nineteen
looking glasses. ten pictures, thirteen
stoves, thirty-five mattresses, fifty-hve
sheets, fifty pillows, twenty-five bed
spreads or covers, twenty-one blankets,
ten comforts or quilts, two clocks, four
sofas or lounges, eighteen pillow cases,
one piano ana stool, one side board,
one range one billiard table and nppur-
tenances, three horses, one hack, one
wagon, one buggy, harness and brides,
two saddles, two Side saddles, two
cows and two calves, two soWs, four
shoats, two two-hOrse plOws one grind
stone, one wash-wringer, and, also, all
curtains, crockery, glassware, house
hold and kitchen furniture, all knives.
forks, spoons, aud tableware, and all
other farming utensils, goods and
chattels belonging to said first named
parties in, upon or pertaining to SAID
hotel and grounds, on the lands prem
Uses above conveyed. in trust, TO secure
the payment Of certain notes in said
deed OF trust described; and whereas
said notes are now past due and unpaid.
And, whereas, the said J. w. Wal
lace and VIM. r. Donaldson, trustees,
as aforesaid, have refused to act as said
trustees i'm the sale of the above men
toned property; now, therefore, in
pursuance If the terms of said trust
deed, /, r. W. Whitworth, the sheriff
of the said County of Iron, at the re-
quest of the legal holder of said notes
will, in lieu of said trustees, J. w.
Wallace and VIM. r. Donaldson, sell the
above described property at public VEN
due to the highest bidder ior cash at the
east front door OF the court house in
the town of Ironton, in said county of
Iron, in the State of Missouri, between
the hours of ten o'clock A. NJ. and five
O'Clock p. NJ, on
Monday, 14th Day of March, 1887,
for the purposes of said trust
p. w. WENTWORTH,
sheriff of Iron County, Mo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-02-10
ted in the County of Iron, State of

ated in the County of Iron, State of
Missouri; to wit:
All of lot number three 81 IN block
l of Harris Addition to the old town of
Arcadia and also SO much of the lot
number two (2) in block I in Harris
Addition to the town of Arcadia as has
not been heretofore conveyed by said
Harris and wife by deed to one Caroline
Lawson with the Arcadia Hotel prom
erty. 1t being same lot aud part of lot
conveyed to (Ks) by u. J. Harris and
wife by deed bearing date 18th day of
August, 1871, and recorded in book
IL" page As of the record of deeds of
Iron County Missouri, also the lot
known as the Spring lot i'm trust to
secure the payment of u certain prom
issorv note in said deed of trust de-
scribed, and whereas said note has for
value been duly sold, transferred and
assigned by John Thomas, the original
payee thereof to the ST. Louis, Iron
Mountain d Southern Railway Com
pany, and is now past due and unpaid.
And, whereas, the said Jos. Huff,
Jr., Trustee, as aforesaid, has refused
to act as said trustee in the sale of the
above mentioned property: now, there
fore, in pursuance of the terms of said
trust deed, /, p. w. Whitworth, the
Sheriff OF the said County Of Iron, at
the request of the legal holder of said
note, will, in lieu of said Trustee, Jos.
HUFF, Jr., sell the above described prop
erty at public vendue, to the highest
bidder for cash, at the east front door of
the courthouse in the town of l1onton,
in said County of Iron, in the State of
Missouri, between the hours of ten
O'Clock A. NJ. and five O'Clock p. NJ, on
Monday, 14M day Of MercA, 1887,
for the purposes of said trust.
T. w. WENTWORTH,
Sheriff of Iron County. Mo.
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Trustees Sale.

Whereas, Helen b. Robertson and
Albion Robertson, her husband, by
deed Of trust dated the fret day of June,
1874, and recorded in Book "Q,' pages
lOS and following, of the records of the
office of the Recorder for the county of
Iron. in the State of Missouri, convey
ed to J. w. Wallace and William
r. Donaldson. trustees, the fol-
lowing described lots or parcels of
ground, situated in the County OF Iron,
State of Missouri; viz:
First. Beginning at the northwest
corner of lot number one O i'm Block
1-T'' of the new addition to the Town of
Arcadia, (the same being the lot on
which the Arcadia House or Hotel is
situated), thence southwardly with Col
tege street two hundred and twenty
feet to the corner of lot two ~ of the
same block; thence eastwardly with
the liGe between said lots one and two
and witn che extension of said line to
the lane between Giles Russell's farm
and land formerly owned by Il. J. Har-
ris; thence northwardly with said lane
10 the road leading from Arcadia to
Eredericktown; thence westwardly
with said road to the northeast corner
Of lot number one ~ aforesaid; thence
westwardly along Walnut street to the
place of beginning; also the north half
of lot number three ~ in block "F, "of
said new addition, except fifteen feet
ofY the south side of same formerly sold |
to Tual; also lot number two (2) in aa.d !
said block Of" also all of lot number !
in block" T. Except ninety-nine feet off
the northern part of the same extend
ing along Walnut street from College
street to Spring street; also the parcel
of land on which the livery stable nov
,tordS heiup the nofthwes est corner of |
Iot uumber one ID i'm Block "F" afore-
said, and having front of one hun
bred feet on Walnut street and running
back with Spring street ninety-nine
feet: also the north half of lot two ~
i'm block "E" and all that part of lot
one (1l i'm said block and new addition
not decided to VIM. Suits by 4. j. Har-
as snd wife, said parts of lots fronting
on Main street, aud extending east
wardly two hundred and ninety-three
feet to Spring street: also the northeast
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From GOOdwater.

Ed. RegisteI-Owing to ill health I failed
come to time with my communication.
1t Tained here nearly all day on the Goth
uit., and on the following night we were
surprised by thunderstorm something
unusu al in this section in January Febru-
airy, with us, was ushered in by thunder
storm and hard dash of rain, succeeded by
light rain, mist and sleet during all of the
day following. During the next night still
another thunderstorm, accompanied by a
gale from the west, and heavy rain pre-
vailed for about 40 minutes, and "ground-
hog day" was characterized by dense mist
and light rain. "Old Sop failed to show his
smiling face at any time during the day and
hence all who believe in the old superstition
regarding that day will SNAKE garden" and
plant "taters," &C., unusually early in the
season.
We are not very jubiIant over the prospects
OF the wheat crop IN this locality; for the
dearth of snow and repeated periods OF al
ternate freezing and thawing have done
much to render a remunerative yield of that
cereal rather doubtful matter.
Last week a few wild geese were observed
migrating northward. Rather early, was it
not?
on Saturday, January 22d, Mr.. Cornelius
Jarri-. aged 90 years, died at his home neal
Palmer. Washington county, Mo. He was
undoubtedly one of the Oldest persons in
Southeast Missouri. and was we'll nigh help
less for some time before he died.
On Monday, 18th ult., while Mr. and Mrs,
Edward Payne, Sr., were absent from home.
attending the burial of her father, Mr.. c.
Jarvis. their house was found to be on fire.
Mr. sind sIrs. Oscar Scott bad staid in the
house during iae night before and in the
morning left for their home. At about
O'Clock =. d., Mrs. Morgan Scott daughter
of Dir. and Mrp Payne went into the house
and discovered it 10 be on tire-a large por-
ton of the floor and two ''sleepers" having
been burned and the carpet had been burned
until the fire had almost reached q bed. but
it was extinguished before further damage
was done. 1t is believed that the fire had
ats origin in sparks popping out on the car
pet.
Mr.. and s.rs. WV. Turner, of Cub Creek,
visited Mr.. and Sirs. Geo. w. Love on the
Both ult.
/ understand that Mr.. Z. J. Alcorn has
gone to West Plains, Mo-. to attend school.
Jas. \. Bryan and Morgan Scott went to
Potosi on business last week.
Quite i number of persons have left Pal
a1l,r and vicinity to try their fortunes at or
near he Lassus.
Mr. Jae. u. Lucas has announced that he
will fell out sat and below cost in st. Louis"
1t is said that ne intends to remove to Cali
fornia early in the spring. It is hoped, how
ever, that he will not do SO, as he - enc OF
the few men in this community whom We
would not like to lose.
Our thanks are due to Hon. W.T.. CrJcker
for papers. +.
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| In the Circuit Court of Iron county, Mo-, II,
| vacation, January 18th, 1887:
| Amanda Casander Humphrey, Plaintiff,
versus
Charles Humphry, Defendant
Petition tor Divorce
Now st this day comes the plaintiff, BY at
tOraes, aid Ales her petition ana AFFIDAVIT
setting forth, among other things, that the
defendant has absented himself from his usu-
al place of abode in this Site, is non-resi-
dent of the State of Missouri and cannot be
summoned in this action by the ordinary pro.
cess of law. It is, therefore, ordered br the
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Iron county,
Mo-, in vacation, that publication he made,
notifying said defendant, Charles Hum
phry, that an action has been commenced
against him in the Circuit Court of said coun-
ty of Iron, State of Missouri, the object and
general nature OF which is to obtain a decree
of divorce from the bonds of matrmony con-
tracted and existing between said plaintiff
and defendant, on the grounds of desertion.
And, unless he be and appear at the next
term of said court, to be holden faf the soun-
ty of Iron, State of Missouri at the court
house in said COUNTY, on the fourth Monday
in April, next (1SS1D, and on or before the
sixth day thereof, IF the term shall SO long
continue, and, if not, then before the end of
the term), and plead, egswer o. dsmus 10
plaintiis's Eetitioa, cha same will he take n
against said defendant as confessed, and a
judgment by default entered accordingly.
1t is further ordered that a copy hereof be
published, according to law, in the IRGg
COUNTY REGISTER, weekly newspaper pub
lished in said county of Iron, State ii Mis-
souri,. Jos, RUFa. Clerk.
true copyI
Attest. with seal. this 18th day of
SEAL January, 4. d. 1887.
Jos. HUFF. Clerk
Iron County Circuit Court
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Order Of PublIcatsOn.
In the Circuit Court Of Iron County
Mo, October Term, 1856, Friday, O.
tober 29th, 1856.
Lucy Maxwell

In the Circuit Court CT Iron County.
Mo, October Term, 1856, Friday, o.
tober 29th, 1856.
Lucy Maxwell
VS..
James b. Maxwell,
Divorce
Now st this day comes the plaintiff
by attorney and shows to the salisfnc-
ton of the Court that the defend
ant is nonresident of the State of
Missouri and can not be summoned i'm
this cause by the ordinary process of
law; it is, therefore. ordered by the
Court that publication be made .natify-
ing said defendant James b. MAXWELL.
that an action has been commenced
against him in the circuit court of Iron
county, IN the State of Missouri, the
OBJECT and general nature of which.is to
OBTAIN decree of divorce from the
bonds OF matrimony heretofore CON-
tracted between said plaintiff and de-
fendant on the grounds Of abandon
ment.
And that unless he be and appear at
the next term ofsaid court. to be holden
for said county of Iron, and State of
Missouri, at the courthouse in said
county, on the fourth Monday i'm April
next QSe7), and on or before the
sixth day thereof Gf the term shall SO
long continue; and, if not, then before
the end of the terml, aud plead to
plaintiffs p9t,tiQn herein, the sage
will be taken against said defendant as
confessed and a decree rendered ac-
cordingly.
1t is further ordered that copy here
of be published according to law in the
Iron county Register,'' weekly
newspaper published in said county of
Iron, and State of Missouri.
a true copy: JOS. HUFF, Clerk.
Attest with seal, this 2d day; of
lsEAL.1 january, 1887.
JOS. HUFF, Clerk
Iron County Circuit Court.
Jordan & Pickens, att'ys for ppf.
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Trustees Sale

Whereas, Helen B. Robertson and
Allison Robertson her husband, by deed
of trust dated the third day of August,
1872, and recorded in book "Nn pages
374 and 3T5, of the records OF the office
of the Recorder for the County of Iron,
in the State of Missouri. conveyed to
JOS. Huff. Jr., Trustee, the following
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Pilot, Knob Public School.

Monthly examination questions fof L. S,
History Glass January %, 1887, and grades of
Its messabers.
/. When did the convention that adopted
the Constitution of the United States con-
yene and how long was it in session?
2. When was the fret general election and
who were elected President and Vice Presi-
dent
3. Name the fist two political parties of
the United States and the leaders of each?
4. Write a sketch of Aron Burr.
3. Name the second, third, fourth, and
fifth Presidents, and the political party to
which each belonged.
6. When did the Second War Of Indie
pendence begin and end and what was its
cause?
!. What was remarkable in the death of
Thomas jefferson and John Adams?
$ How did Andrew Jackson differ in his
Reconsideration remarkably from other Pres
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: :
terslEr or Publication.

In the circuit Court OF Iron county, No., IL
vacation, January 25th. 1887:
Amanda Casander Humphrey, Plaintiff,
, 1887-12-03

New York, December 2nd.-It is an:
nounced that Mr.. Maple, a Conservative,
has been elected member of Parliament for
Dulwich.
Paris dispatches state that M. Grevy
has refused to resign, informing nj. Rouvier
that this decision was consequent on the
fact that public opinion was now support
ing him. Nj. Rouvier communicated the
news to the Chamber, adding that the Min
istry had therefore Immediately resigned.
The Chamber took % recess until four
o'clock and then a further recess until six,
when Ivy II vote of 531 to 3 it passed to the
order of the day, that the Chamber expect
ed the communications promised by the
President. M. Rouvier communicated this
resolution to NJ Grevy, who then modified
his decision, promising to send a message
to the Chamber to-day, the Ministry remain
ing temporarily in Office. At the same time
he authorized M. Rouyier to declare infor-
mally his irrevOcable intention to resign.
Much popular excitement is manifested i'll
all directions, but no violence.
London news states that several Irish
members have been arrested for violation
of the Grimes Act.
It is reported that the condition of the
Crown Prince is satisfactory.
Her Majesty Queen VictOril is about to
visit San Reno.
The subcommittee of the BoInties Con-
ference consists of delegates from France,
Belgium, Germany, Holland and England,
ana will meet on Monday for the discussion
OF technical subjects.
New York, December End.
Flour, per BRIL-. st Lawrence. pr. hrl. $3.50
Meal, best brandywine, per bril-, $2.9J
Heavy Mess Pork, per bril-, 149.
New Seasons Pork, per bril-, 154 to :.
Sugar Crystals, per Id 81 1916.
JUS" Il. to CIR, per Id. 8 3-l6
, 1887-12-03
MICKEY FTNN'S PUZZLE.

The supper dishes were cleared away
Mr.. Finn sat beside the stove smoking,
and his son Mickey leaned over the table.
with his hands in his hair and an intent
look or his freckled face. Before him lay
81 slip cut from a newspaper, the follow
ing
If the B m t put but if the B. putting
If this is thought difficult, what is said to
the following How can I put where there
is such adler
II can't make anything of it at ALL"
said Mick.
"Amything of what 2" queried his father.
tOf this puzzle. TIL SclIOolmaster has
a big red apple for tn by ASH bring tn
answer on his slate i'll th' morning"
Mr.. Finn laid his pipe on the mantel
and looked over it. Solving puzzles was
not in Mr.. Firms line. He was a coal
HEAVIER.
''Sure that things all nonsense, saiG
he after % careful survey of the Difficult.
ty, adding: "What's thin little dOtsg"
''Thim's c%olonS,' said Mickey.
Mrs. Finn, who was washing the dishes
overheard the last remark. and, misfnter,
preting it's meaning, said:
eyed better stop foolin' Wild them print
ed things an put some coal in th' stove"
Mickey's face lit up with the glad light
of discovery, II hay it," said he. That's
what the puzzle imeans-'put coal on"
"Aye, by, rightsyou are" remarked the
elder Finn, while tile fire burned low for
lack of fuel, and even Mrs. Finn became
interested and looked at the further at
tempts of the boy with intense admiration
OF his genius.
"It's a great head We hav,' me by" said
Mr.. Finn fondlv; ''but fwhat is thin two
little letters doing thare be thlmselves-
III t"9
'Impty, is it," said Mrs. Finn. "Shrme
that's thu short way of tellin' ye tn stove
is IMPLY" and she put two sllovelftls of
coal upon the fire.
sItls brains We hav' as we'll as beauty,
Biddy, Biddy." said Mr.. Finn, looking at
his boy anxiousIy, as though expecting. %
contradiction, which did not come, for
Mickey wrote the words out after a worm
fence fashion: "Impty pQt coal on."
To say that the Firms were pleased
would be drawing it .mild. They were
hilarious. Mike gave his wife a playful
, 1887-12-03

US tA thO AhoDf ~ "nAOh
ssThere's No fool like an Ould fool" but her
manner belied her words,
There was silence for fifteen minutes
after this in the Finn Slanty. Three heads
touched each other over the slip of paper,
and three pairs of lips mtttered lnartIcu-
late sentences, but with no definite result.
At last the silence was broken by little
Mike, who said :
"Well, it's about a stove an coal, amy.
way" :
ut can't be tP stove-lid." said Mrs.
Finn.
!"Nor tn during" said the head of the
l"Tharp's tn CRATE" suggested Mike;
sam that's it, as sure as thare's eyes in
thu goat"
SHOW is itr inquired his parents in
unison.
The boy looked at his. progenitors pity
ingly, aud assumed a dictatOrial attitude.
swell, We see that BIS bigger'n any o"
thin other letthers. That names it's %
great B; dye see! So the puzzle SO far
III rade like this"
''If th' CRATE be Imply, put coal ou;
but it the CRATE be-"
ssIs it stuck We are ~ said his father. :
The boy was so absorbed in his c%alcula-
tons that he paid no attention to his
father, but repeated to himself: "PeriOd
putting coal on. That's not right"
"What's bOthering ye now, Mickey ~
said his mother.
''That little dot after The b." was the
reply.
"Arrai, niver mind it, it's only "a fly
Speck."
But the boy knew that the dirt had d
meaning of it's Own, and was not the re-
suit Of outside circumstances, so lie insist
Ell on considering it. Then he got his
spelling book and hunted up the punctua.
ton marks. He found, what he had never
known before, that each one Of these little
marks indicated Il time duration: that the
bmma was used as a hIief pause, tllG
Semicol0n a little longer, the colon longer,
still, and the period was a full stop; u
place where the reader could get u full
breath before gong ON. He applied this
theory to the puzzle, and q moment later
threw his cap against the wall and shout
ed:
eth apples mine! TIL apples mine!"
IT was a long time before the elder Firms
could take in The length and breadth of
their boys analysis. No woman on Co
ney Island could drive Il closer bargains
with a fish peddlrr than Mrs. Finn, but
when it came to understanding the value
of little black dots OH paper she found her.
etlf at sea without rudder or compass, ana
so she accepted her sons solution OF the
puzzle, and he wrote it out carefully SO
that she could exhibit it to admiring
neighbours OH the morrow.
= of th' CRATE. he Imply, put coal on; but
if tn CRATE be full, stop putting coal ON"
"Well, that's very well so far as it goes
,"said Mr.. Finn, resuming his pipe and his
seat beside the stove, " but thare's a little
weeny puzzle on tn ind O. the other wan.
We didn't make that out yet"
Oh, hop replied the boy az won't be-
long wild that. Shure I have it near ak
now"
Eye hav' ELI Well, read it,
"How- can-I-put: coal. on whare-thare.is
such:a-
"Why don't ye go ong' laughed his fa-
Their derisively, blowing q fantastic ring
of smoke TOWARD the ceiling.
Mickey looked up to the ceflilIg, but
there was no inspiration there. Then hS